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Montana Court Rules in Favor of Aid in Dying


 

Ms. Tucker added that most medical care “is not governed by statute; it's governed by the standard of care and best practices. So most physicians will approach aid in dying in Montana as something regulated by the standard of care. I think what's going to happen with Montana [is that this case] will move aid in dying into normal medical practice that's governed by the standard of care and we'll get away from the notion that there needs to be elaborate statutes.”

As to whether other states will adopt aid-in-dying statutes, Mr. Zaremski made the analogy that “gay marriage and rights for gay couples was an unknown and foreign concept, and now it's inching forward bit by bit, so maybe someday aid in dying will be the norm and not the exception.”

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